Do my multi-colored creatures count as Green?

Asked by BringerOfStorms 8 years ago

Hello All,

For the sake of reducing the casting cost of Khalni Hydrado my multi-colored creatures such as Centaur Healer, Knight of New Alara and Wilt-Leaf Liege count as Green?

Thank you in advance for any help,~ BoS

Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #1

Yes. Any instance of in the mana symbol, whether it be (Birthing Pod),(Reaper King),(Wilt-Leaf Liege), all contribute to green devotion(Karametra's Acolyte) or for determining the cards that care about whether a creature is green or not(Khalni Hydra).

So, yes, those listed cards would count as green creatures.

Note: Green tokens (via Avenger of Zendikar) count towards making Khalni Hydra cheaper because they are green creature tokens.

December 9, 2015 3:55 p.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #2

Edit: Thundering Tanadon is a better example than Birthing Pod as the Thundering Tanadon also counts for Khalni Hydra's ability while the Pod doesn't.

December 9, 2015 3:59 p.m.

PartyJ says... #3

Yes,

a multicolored spell counts for all colors represented in the casting costs. So all cards you mentioned will activate the triggered ability of Khalni Hydra, reducing its mana costs.

December 9, 2015 4:02 p.m.

BringerOfStorms says... #4

Thank you both for your feedback Raging_Squiggle and PartyJ.

~BoS

December 9, 2015 4:24 p.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #5

@ PartyJ

Note: Triggered abilities are not activated. Triggered abilities trigger and activated abilities are activated. Khalni Hydra's ability is not a triggered ability. Those are begun by words such as "When", "whenever", and "If". This ability is a static ability that adds a cost reduction to the total casting cost of Khalni Hydra.

Mana Cost + Additional Costs - Cost Reductions = Required Mana to successfully cast the spell.

The above equation is the basis for determining the amount to pay for casting a spell. The bolded snippet is where Khalni Hydra's static ability comes into account.

December 9, 2015 5:19 p.m.

BringerOfStorms says... #6

Thank you very much for the further expertise PartyJ.

~BoS

December 9, 2015 6:02 p.m.